Article support



I. M. SYMONDS ARTICLE SUPPCRT Filed April 27, 1959 Patented Aug. 27, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to an article support and more particularly to a support of the hanger type adapted for use in supporting a collapsible card table on a wall.

The main object of my invention is to provide a hanger that is simple and economical to produce and which may be readily applied to the article to be supported.

Another object of my invention is to provide a card table hanger formed from fabric material which may be folded to occupy a relatively small space when not in use.

A further object is to provide a support which may be formed from fabric material in a manner to require a minimum amount of material yet producing an article of maximum strength.

For a full disclosure of the invention, reference is made to the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a side view of the card table hanger showing a card table in dotted outline in its supported position;

Fig. 2 is an end view of the card table hanger;

Fig. 3 is a plan view in cross-section of a portion of the card table hanger taken'along line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an end view in cross-section of the suspending belt of the hanger taken along line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is an end view in cross-section of a portion of the hanger taken along line 5-5 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 6 is an end view in cross-section showing the connection of the suspending belt to the hanger taken along line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the improved card table hanger is shown in Fig. 1 in connection with acard table of the common type in which the table legs fold into a recessed portion of the table top.

The hanger is arranged in the form of two supporting sections l-I which are identical. The supporting section is in the form of a pocket 2 (or 2') open on two sides. formed from an elongated rectangular piece of fabric folded vertically to form a U-shaped member having panels 3-3. The pocket 2 is provided with a bottom 4 formed by stitching the U- shaped member horizontally along lines 5-5. The width of the bottom 4 is determined by the spacing between the stitchings 5-5. The tops of the panels 3-3 are folded inwardly upon themselves and stitched at 6-6 to reinforce the upper edge of the pocket 2. The pocket 2 is further provided with a side 1 formed from a separate strip of fabric. The side strip 1 is folded on The pocket 2 is itself along its vertical edges as at 8, while the vertical edges of the panels 3-3 are folded on themselves as at 9. The doubled portions 8 and 9 are then stitched together at H] to secure the side I in the pocket 2.

The open vertical side of each pocket 2 has a connecting strip H secured thereto. The strip II is formed from a long piece of fabric folded to provide a U-shaped tape l2-I2. The vertical edges of the strip II are folded inwardly as at l3-l3 and secured to panels 3-3 by stitching I4. The strip I l is stitched at its bottom to conform with the stitching 5-5 in the bottom 4 of the pocket. I

The hanger is provided with a suspending belt I5 formed from two strips of fabric l6-l6. The edges of the strips l6-I6 are folded on themselves as at I! and stitched at I8. The ends of connecting strips II are inserted between strips IB-IG and are secured thereto by the stitching l8. 1

The corresponding section I of the hanger is similar in construction to that of section l and comprises a pocket 2' secured through connecting strip II to the suspending belt 15 to pro vide a unitary structure.

The hanger is constructed throughout of a durable fabric material. When not in use, the hanger may be folded to a compact size.

In use, a common form folding card table is placed in the hanger by slipping adjacent corners of the table top into pockets 2-2 and between the two vertical portions of connecting strips I! and H. The suspending belt l5 secured to strips II and H may be hung over a clothes hook or some other appropriate bracket in a storage room. The table may thus be stored so as to occupy a minimum amount of space. When it is to be used, the table may be removed from the hanger by simply slipping the pockets 2-2 off the ends of the table top, thereby releasing the table.

It is readily apparent from the foregoing that the improved hanger is simple, economical to make and easy to apply to a table. The construction of the hanger is sturdy throughout and is especially strong by virtue of the folded double thickness of fabric wherever stitching is necessary. The connecting strip l5 may be used as a handle or grip in case the table is to be moved about in position in its hanger. It will be noted that the strips ll-I I engage opposite sides of the table so that the table is supported in a vertical position, a desirable feature in that the table is held away from, but close to, a wall on which the unit is supported.

Although Fig. 1 shows the pairs of strips |l|l parallel, these strips will be positioned closer together than shown when the hanger is weighted by a table because the load tends to pull the lower ends of the strips il-- l inwardly towards each other, thereby gripping the table more strongly. As a result, if the table is somewhat smaller than its hanger, the strips l 5-! l will be moved inwardly to engage the table more tightly.

I claim:

A hanger type card table support comprising a pair of supporting pockets, said pockets each comprising a pair of panels forming parallel pocket sides, the bottom and one end of each pocket being closed, the top and the other end of each pocket being open, the open ends of said pockets being directed towards one another and being adapted respectively to engage a lower cor-- ner of a folded card table, a vertical table ongaging and supporting strip of flexible material secured to each panel adjacent its open end and extending laterally therefrom to provide pairs of strips adapted to be positioned on opposite sides of the supported table, the upper ends of strips extending from corresponding panels of both pockets being interconnected to form a grip portion, whereby when the table is in position in the pockets and supported from the grip portion, the upper edge of the table will be firmly gripped between the opposite members of each pair of strips, said strips serving to pull the pockets towards each other when a table is supported therein.

IRENE M. SYMONDS. 

